A 22-year-old Kansas City man is accused of trying to force a 16-year-old girl to have sex with him by threatening to post nude images of her online, and the Platte County Prosecutor's Office said there could be more victims.

The suspect, Denis Aguilar, has been charged with sexual trafficking of a child, according to the Platte County Prosecutor's Office.

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Court documents said that Aguilar approached the victim on a social media site for children 18-years-old or younger.

Aguilar claimed he was 18 and asked the victim several times for nude photos, the prosecutor's office said. When he obtained a photo, he asked for more and became angry when she wouldn't respond, the prosecutor's office said. He then threatened to post the image online if she didn't have sex with him.

"(He was) threatening her that if she didn't provide those pictures, he was going to expose her on the internet," said Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd.

Zahnd said the victim then gave police access to her account, and they were able to begin having a conversation with Aguilar as they posed as a 14-year-old girl. Aguilar then asked the fake 14-year-old and the 16-year-old victim for sex, the prosecutor's office said.

Police arrested Aguilar when he went to meet them at a McDonald's near Interstate 29 and Barry Road.

According to court documents, Aguilar confessed to everything. He lived in the North Village apartments and investigators said they think others may have been victimized by him.

"We have reason to believe that this man may have contacted other young women as well," said Zahnd. "So if you or somebody you know has been victimized by this man or anybody else who has tried to extort pictures from you, we urge you to contact the TIPS Hotline."

The Crime Stoppers TIPS hotline is 816-474-TIPS.

Aguilar is being held in the Platte County Jail. His bail has been set at $50,000 cash. If convicted on the charge of sexual trafficking, he faces a minimum of 10 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.

The Growing 'Sextortion' Problem

People at Kansas City's Synergy Services said they're seeing more of these 'sextortion' cases all the time. They said parents can't repeat the message enough to their children that the Internet can be a dangerous place.

They said many of the children who come in for counseling are unaware and easy marks for predators.

Because of the easy access to computers and smart phones, experts said children as young as 10 can be victimized. Most commonly, though, experts said predators tend to target children in their early teenage years.

Synergy Services said children can be lonely, curious or just not careful, which is why parents need to provide a strong message.

"Let your kids know when it hits the Internet, it's no longer yours anymore, no matter what people promise you, 'I won't show it to anyone. It won't leave my hand,' if it's on the Internet, it's no longer yours," said Jennifer Vernon of Synergy Services. "Have regular daily conversations with your kids on the dangers of the Internet, (and explain) that when someone tells you they're your age on the other end, you really have no way of knowing that, there's no way to know that."

Vernon said parents should warn children not to trust anyone on the Internet that they don't personally know. She said children can be deeply traumatized by this type of victimization.

Experts said predators will often follow children from one chat room to another.